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		amanaplanacanal on Nov 14, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Oregon decriminalized hard drugs – it isn't workin... So is your theory is that the drug war was a success, and nobody could get drugs when they were illegal? How do you propose to make them go away? That way was tried, and failed.

Ajedi32 on Nov 14, 2023 [–]

A success relative to what? Criminalization of homicide hasn't eliminated homicide either; that's not an argument for legalizing it.

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